Fire Pits

[macpappy]

I've had a heavy cast iron one for a couple of years now. I had one of the clay ones and it worked pretty good but it cracked when we had a rainstorm move through while it was still burning hot.

Also, did you have yours sitting on the ground or on a stand? Did you have a layer of sand in the bottom of it?

[rizzle]

Vin, I got you covered on this one. We went through the same thing, burning out a couple of them over a couple of years and then we got this one from Front Gate. We've had it for at least 4-5 years, it stays out in the elements year round with just a cover over it. Of course you can stow it away if you want as well. And it's big enough, 40 inches, that you can put more than a 6 inch splinter in it to burn. I recommend it without hesitation.



http://www.frontgate.com/jump.jsp?it...roductID=18655

[massphatness]

Nice fire pit, Ritchie. The price made me gulp a little. Do you have either the spark catcher or the vinyl cover?

Originally Posted by massphatness

Nice fire pit, Ritchie. The price made me gulp a little. Do you have either the spark catcher or the vinyl cover?

WOW me too.

I'm building the wrong stuff

Chas

[rizzle]

Originally Posted by massphatness

Nice fire pit, Ritchie. The price made me gulp a little. Do you have either the spark catcher or the vinyl cover?

Vinyl cover. We don't worry about the sparks/ash. Yeah, it was a little pricey, but I've already seen one posted ahead of me in this thread that we went through in no time and you could only use small pieces of wood in it as well. And like I said, ours sits year round on our dock, over salt water, and it's in as good a shape now as it was the day we bought it. And we use it a lot from September to April. So to me, it was worth the extra $$. Your mileage may very well vary.